Wildlife and Gardens - Part 7

Garden Florida, to quote the front page is "...is a site for people who love plants. Its focus is on tropical and subtropical plants that do well in South Florida landscapes." In addition to loving plants, the people at Color Garden Nursery, who are part of the site, have dedicated two acres as a wildlife sanctuary. They have listed the plants they're planting; with descriptions and some with photos as well as the birds they host - with good photos. While this is particularly aimed at Florida, I found it of interest and think that those of you who garden in the warmer parts of the US or the world will also.

The Cooperative Urban Wildlife Program Managing for Wildlife is also aimed at you Floridians. This is a page of links to fact sheets on topics ranging from Butterfly Gardening in Florida to Infectious Diseases of Florida's Wildlife - lots of information!

Howl, the PAWS site wildlife page has links to good essays on wildlife and how to co-exist with it.

If you have wildlife in your garden, there will come the day when you are faced with an injured critter or an abandoned baby. The Wildlife Rehabilitation. site contains links to information about wildlife rehab., licensed wildlife rehabbers in your state and county and much more. Spend some time following the links so you will know what to do before you're faced with doing it.

If you want to learn more about raccoons, visit Seth J. Morabito's World Wide Raccoon Web.

This factsheet published by the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies on The Skunk will tell you everything you need to know about how to recognize of one has taken up residence, discourage it and deal with sprayings. They also have similar articles on raccoons,squirrels, and mice and rats.

Detailed fact sheets with information on many species of wildlife, including methods of dealing with damage can be found at the Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System site.

The Skunk & OpossumWeb Site provides the kind of information about these two animals that's hard to find, including: Skunk Spray Remedies, a list of ways to get rid of the smell on the dog and in the house. And The copyright of the article Wildlife and Gardens - Part 7 in Shade Gardening is owned by Marge Talt. Permission to republish Wildlife and Gardens - Part 7 in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.